Pro Bono Opportunities in SE Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton and Berks Counties)
Philadelphia VIP, Pro Bono Legal Services and LawWorks, a Project of VIP (P)
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Area of law: Consumer, Education, Family & Juvenile, Homeless, Housing, Immigration
& Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Elder Law,
Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes, Probate, Real Estate, Special Education and School
Discipline, and Tort Defense
Contact: lawworks@phillyvip.org, 215-523-9550
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Consumer, Employment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Life Planning,
Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Breaches of
Confidentiality, Discrimination Claims, Insurance, Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate, Torts
Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Ronda Goldfein, goldfein@aidslawpa.org, 215-587-9377
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Civil Rights, Criminal Appeals, Disability, Immigration & Naturalization,
Prisoners, Death Penalty, Cyber Liberties; Free Speech; Patriot Act; Privacy; Racial
Justice; Religious Liberty; Reproductive Freedom; Security & Civil Liberties; Student &
Youth Rights; Voting Issues
Contact: info@aclupa.org
Chester County Bar Association - Access to Justice Program (C)
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Area of law: Simple Wills; Power of Attorney; Living Wills; Bankruptcy; LandlordTenant; Elder Law; Custody and Visitation; No Asset Divorce
Contact: 610-692-1889 (*no email address*)
Community Impact Legal Services (M,C,D,B)
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Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Housing, Bankruptcy
Contact: info@cilspa.org , 610-380-7111
Community Justice Project (M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Civil Rights, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile,
Housing,Childcare, Transportation, Welfare
Contact: Larry Norton, lnorton@palegalaid.net, 717-236-9486
Community Legal Services, Inc. (P)
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Area of law: Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Public Benefits,
Elder Law, Utilities, Bankruptcy, Food Stamps, Medical Assistance, Welfare
Contact: info@clsphila.org, 215-981-3700
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project (P)
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Area of law: Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Contact: Mary Anne Lucey, malluce@gmail.com, 215-523-9511
Disabilities Rights Network of Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Disability, disability discrimination law including employment, housing,
post-secondary education, access to community services, health care, architectural
barriers, abuse and neglect, and rights of persons in institutions
Contact: drnpa-phila@drnpa.org, 215-238-8070
Education Law Center - Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Education
Contact: elc@elc-pa.org, 215-238-6970
Education Law Center - Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Office) (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Education
Contact: Shari Mamas, smamas@elc-pa.org, 412-391-5225; x2122
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Equality Advocates offers assistance on over 30 distinct issues including:
child custody; support and visitation; second-parent adoptions; and the and the need for
legal documents, such as wills powers of attorney, as well as employment discrimination.
Contact: Stacey Sobel, lzeitlin@equality.org or info@equalitypa.org, 215-731-1447, x10
Friends of Farmworkers (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Housing, Public Benefits,Discrimination, Work Conditions, Wage
Payment, Workers' Rights, Work Place Safety, Employment and Labor Law,
Landlord/Tenant Law, Social Security, Disability and Benefits Law, Immigration Law,
Workers Compensation
Contact: Karen Detamore, kdetamore@friendsfw.org, 215-733-0878 or 800-729-1607
HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia (P)
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Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization
Contact: Judith Bernstein-Baker, hiasphl@hiaspa.org, 215-832-0900
Homeless Advocacy Project (P)
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Area of law: Health, Homeless, Housing, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy,
Child Custody, Support, Visitation, Divorce, Records, Trusts & Estates
Contact: Marsha Cohen, marsha@philalegal.org, 215-523-9595
Juvenile Law Center (P)
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Area of law: Family & Juvenile
Projects for: Law Students
Contact: Laval Miller-Wilson, lwilson@jlc.org, 215-625-0551
Lawyering Together: Villanova University School of Law’s Pro Bono Project (P,M)
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Area of law: Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization, Life
Planning, Personal Injury
Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Elizabeth Dunn, dunn@law.villanova.edu, 610-519-7228
Legal Clinic for the Disabled (P,M,C,D,B)
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Area of law: Disability
Contact: Linda Peyton, lpeyton@mageerehab.org, 215-587-3350 (or x3352, TTY)
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (M,C,D,B)
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Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health,
Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence,
Government Benefits, Landlord/Tenant
Contact: (*no email address*)
MidPenn Legal Services - Reading Office (Br)
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Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health,
Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence
Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Benjamin Hooper, bhooper@midpenn.org, 610-376-8656
Military Assistance Program - Philadelphia Bar Association (P)
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Area of law: Veterans
Projects for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
Contact: Charles Klitsch, iris@philabar.org, 215-238-6388
Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP) (M)
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Area of law: Family & Juvenile
Projects for: Non-litigation Projects, Lawyers
Contact: Mary Pugh, marypugh@mcapkids.org, 610-279-1219
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Contact: 215-351-0010 (*no email address*)
Nationalities Service Center (P,M,C,D,B)
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Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization; all areas of immigration law except
employment-based applications, with an emphasis on family immigration, asylum,
deportation defense and domestic violence cases.
Contact: Dennis Mulligan, dmulligan@nationalitiesservice.org, 215-893-8400, x132
North Penn Legal Services - Bethlehem Office (L,N)
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Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing,
Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence
Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Suzanne Moschini, smoschini@northpennlegal.org, 610-317-8757
North Philadelphia Christian Legal Aid Program (P)
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Area of law: General -- serves clients of the Ayuda Community Center in N. Philly
Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Pete Hileman, phileman@dhdlaw.com, 215-348-2088
Pennsylvania Farmworker Project (C)
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Area of law: Employment, Farmworker Issues, Income Tax preparation
Contact: Mary Ellen Beaver, iris@philalegal.org or info@philalegal.org, 570-799-5632
Pennsylvania Health Law Project (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Disability, Health, Public Benefits, Elder Law
Contact: mcampbell@phlp.org
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization, Defenses from Removal/Deportation, with
an emphasis on asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention
Against Torture.
Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Angela Edris-Eveler, aeveler@pirclaw.org or info@pirclaw.org, 717-600-8099,
x202
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Prisoners
Contact: Terry Maguire, tmaguire@pailp.org, 215-925-2966
Pennsylvania Utility Law Project (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Energy and Utility Matters
Contact: Harry Geller, hgellerpulp@palegalaid.net, 717-232-2719
Philadelphia Christian Legal Aid Program (P)
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Area of law: General -- serves the needs of clients of the Salvation Army West
Philadelphia facility and other Salvation Army stations throughout the Delaware Valley
Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Dennis Abrams, dennis@lowabram.com, 610-667-7511
Philadelphia LawWorks (P)
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Area of law: Community Development, Housing
Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Stefanie Fleischer Seldin, sfseldin@phillyvip.org, 215-523-9550
Philadelphia Legal Assistance (P)
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Area of law: Consumer, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Public Benefits,
Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy
Contact: Anita Santos, info@philalegal.org, 215-981-3800
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (P,M,C,D,B)
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Area of law: Arts, Arts-related legal issues affecting artists and arts and cultural
organizations, including arts and entertainment law, intellectual property, contract review
and drafting, landlord/tenant and real estate law, tax law, and other areas
Projects for: Lawyers
Contact: Kathleen Carignan, kcarignan@pvla.org or info@artsandbusinessphila.org,
215-790-3822
Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent (P)
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Area of law: General
Projects for: Lawyers
Contact: Sara Woods, swoods@phillyvip.org, 215-523-9550
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (P)
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Area of law: Disability, Education, Employment, Housing, Additional need for partners
in systemic litigation, research in areas of civil rights, Medicaid, IDEA; corporate and tax
advice to organizations on an as-needed basis; factual research.
Projects for: Lawyers
Contact: Jennifer Clarke, jclarke@pilcop.org, 215-627-7100
Senior Law Center (P)
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Area of law: Housing, Elder Law, Consumer Protection, Advance & Estate Planning
(simple wills, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, probate), Family Law
(custody & support, primarily for grandparents & other elders raising children)
Contact: Karen Buck, kbuck@seniorlawcenter.org, 215-701-3201
Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight (SCRUB ) (P)
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Area of law: Community Development, Representation of community groups and
citizens in zoning cases filed in local, state and federal court
Projects for: Lawyers
Contact: Mary Tracy, scrub@urbanlight.org, 215-731-1775
Support Center for Child Advocates (P)
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Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Child abuse and neglect
Contact: Jodi Schatz, jodi@advokid.org, 215-925-1913, x162
The Center for Disability Law and Policy (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Disability, Employment
Contact: John Smith, info@equalemployment.org
The Pro Bono Project - Delaware County (D)
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Area of law: Non-emergency cases
Contact: Del. County Legal Assistance Ass’n, 610-874-8421 (*no email address*)
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)
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Area of law: Veterans
Projects for: Lawyers
Contact: mail@vetsprobono.org, 202-628-8164 or 888-838-7727
Women Against Abuse Legal Center (P)
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Area of law: Domestic Violence
Contact: Molly Callahan, mcallahane@womenagainstabuse.org, 215-686-7082
Women's Law Project (P)
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Contact: Terry Fromson, tfromson@womenslawproject.org, 215-928-9801
Pro Bono Opportunities in Delaware
(Kent, New Castle and Sussex Counties)
Community Legal Aid Society (Dover) (K)
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Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile,
Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder
Law, Domestic Violence
Contact: clasincc@declasi.org, 302-674-8500
Community Legal Aid Society (Georgetown) (S)
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Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile,
Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder
Law, Domestic Violence
Contact: clasincc@declasi.org, 302-856-0038
Community Legal Aid Society (Wilmington) (NC)
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Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile,
Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder
Law, Domestic Violence
Contact: clasincc@declasi.org, 302-575-0660
Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. (County coverage unclear)
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Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile,
Health, Homeless, Housing, Life Planning, Prisoners, Public Benefits, Elder Law,
Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Veterans
Contact: dvls@delanet.com, 302-478-8680
Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc. (Wilmington) (NC)
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Area of law: Consumer, Housing, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes
Contact: feedback@lscd.com, 302-575-0408
Mission Legal Aid Clinic (Wilmington) (NC)
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Area of law: General -- serves the clients of the Sunday Breakfast Mission
Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
Contact: Tom Laymon, tlaymon@sundaybreakfastmission.org, 302-652-8314
Office Of The Child Advocate (County coverage unclear)
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Area of law: Family & Juvenile
Contact: Anne Pedrick, anne.pedrick@state.de.us, 302-577-6830
Pro Bono Opportunities in South/Central New Jersey
(Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and Salem Counties)
New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (County coverage unclear)
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Area of law: Arts
Projects for: Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
Contact: info@njvla.org
Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services (O)
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Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Education,
Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations, Public
Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence, Wills, Trusts and
Estates
Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Non-litigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers,
Senior Lawyers
Contact: Susan Brown, sbrown@lsnj.org, 732-866-0020, x7212
Rutgers/LEAP Project - Rutgers University School Of Law (County coverage unclear)
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Contact: tsniad@camden.rutgers.edu, 856-225-6568
South Jersey Legal Services (A,B,C,CM,Cb,G,S)
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Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Education,
Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Homeless, Housing, Immigration &
Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Prisoners, Public Benefits, Elder
Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes, Veterans, Domestic Violence, Wills, Trusts and
Estates
Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Non-litigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers,
Senior Lawyers
Contact: Kate Myers, kmyers@lsnj.org, 856-451-0003, x475